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A little of this, a little of that
by Bunk X ( 84 Comments › )Filed under Art, OOT, Open thread, Science, Technology at January 4th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
@ Philip_Daniel:
Philip! Haven’t seen you around lately.
Oh very cool pictures!! Thanks Bunk!
Philip_Daniel wrote:
I believe that finding a piece of music with 67 views is a new low for you. (or a new high, depending upon your premise). I missed being baroque.
m wrote:
Oh, definitely cool pictures. I was going to whine about losing a thread that had managed to turn to the topic of jewelry. Bunk found pics that are even more beautiful…..except for the bugs. Why are there always bugs./
@ yenta-fada:
How about a late-baroque zarzuela with 323 views, then?
Philip_Daniel wrote:
Nice. bbiab. I still have Iphengnia in Brooklyn bookmarked.
@ m:
@ yenta-fada:
Trying to mix it up a bit and give yenta nightmares.
@ m:
What’s the BlogMock Radio schedule these days? I missed the last episode. (The missus keeps bugging me to find out.)
yenta-fada wrote:
Oh, wait, WHAT? Who wrote this, hmmm?
Microchips are really cool under a microscope. I remember some of that from IC lab back in college. … and that was a really long time ago, the smaller design rules now should really provide some stunning light refraction.
@ doriangrey:
Interesting new avatar
AZfederalist wrote:
Ya… It’s my niece from our last trip to the shooting range.
doriangrey wrote:
You are in a much better mood tonight than when I last looked at the OOT.
Most of the OWS protesters are part of the 1 percent.
doriangrey wrote:
She’s having fun!
Just remember one day your were the fastest sperm at the races. You beat everyone else out. Superstar.
yenta-fada wrote:
She’s been shooting since she was 5, gramp-pa gives her 1000 rds a month, and no, it’s never enough…
@ doriangrey:
lol. Her grand-pa is a big suck about his grandkids.
yenta-fada wrote:
I dont get moody like that very often, but when I do, well I do…
yenta-fada wrote:
ROTFLMAO… Oh you have Nooooooo idea….
I don’t want to harp and be a nag here. Does anyone know of site that tracks Obama’s offenses against the Constitution and/or impeachment issues?
orangecrush wrote:
That Brit paper has great tabloid gossip. That is, if you want to know who got married/divorced/pregnant/lost/gained weight in celebrity land. However, they often report real stories that the North American press won’t touch.
Don’t tell Speranza, but Paris Hilton said she earned $1.3 Billion dollars over the last six years.
eaglesoars wrote:
You are definitely NOT a nag. Here’s one. I’ll look for more.
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/
@ eaglesoars:
http://bit.ly/Ae0gHi
doriangrey wrote:
Cute kid. Good for you, that’s a good activity to get youngsters interested in early.
@ yenta-fada:
thank you muchly
@ Bunk X:
how the fuck did you do that?
Nevermind
eaglesoars wrote:
Sorry I don’t have more. Most of my stuff is Canadian and/or economic related. Ask the morning crew. They are more up on this subject.
doriangrey wrote:
OK. What have you done with Dorian?
From a Paulian goldbug site. They’re ALIVE:
“The simple truth is, there were three tickets out of Iowa, and only two of those campaigns have the resources, funds, volunteers, and organization to compete nationwide – and one of them is mine.
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But we can’t afford to let up for even a minute.
In fact, things will only get more intense from here on out.
You see, the establishment’s worst fears have now come true.
They know that the American people are sick and tired of the damage they’ve caused – and that they’re willing to take a stand for liberty!
Every attack, distortion, and outright lie that has been thrown at us so far is only a small taste of what’s to come, as the status quo’s defenders will do whatever it takes to defeat our message of individual liberty and constitutional government.
We have to be ready to not only counter every blow but to undertake the largest offensive yet of this entire campaign.
Millions of undecided voters will head to the polls in the coming weeks – starting in New Hampshire in less than one week.
Your generosity enabled me to get the truth out to the people of Iowa, but it is absolutely vital that I know I can continue to count on you as we wrap up our efforts in New Hampshire and head into the rest of the key early states.
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On to New Hampshire!
For Liberty,
Ron Paul”
yenta-fada wrote:
@ yenta-fada:
That goldbugs support Ron Paul pretty much says all you need to know about Goldbugs…
doriangrey wrote:
That Wall Street honchos are the greatest contributors to Ozero pretty much says all you need to know about Wall Street.
‘night mockers. Late here.
@ eaglesoars:
Just trying to be helpful.
Good morning everyone. Slowly but surely I am catching up with my pictures. Up to New Years Eve now….
PaladinPhil wrote:
Nice Irish pub! I love those places.
@ Optimus Ebenezer Hughes:
I loved the tables and chairs. If you got too drunk, it wasn’t a far fall to the floor.
Good Morning Blogmocracy! Today is another
gloriousinglorious day in the Reign of Emperor Barack Hussein I, Pasha of the United States and Defender of theFaithUmmah! There are 306 Days Until the 2012 Presidential Election! It looks like the Obamanation™ has taken note of the fact that 75% of Republicans are not convinced Romney is, well, a Republican. The excrable David Axlrod has taken to calling him the 25% Man”. That is, unfortnately, about right. I think that in the end Romney will get all the same votes (for all the same reasons) that McCain got. As we all know, that is a losing hand. Hopefully the Republicans will choose more wisely, and Romney won’t be our nominee.Romney is a WINO. (Winner In Name Only)
Lets see if the GoP can take control of their own election process and not let it be diluted by a cynical media and dem crossover voters.
Morning all.
@ Iron Fist:
I am now beginning to think the unthinkable – Obama may well get an undeserved second term. Thus far the Republican lineup has been less than impressive. To win the candidate must win the solid republican states that McCain somehow managed to lose, VA, NC Indiana and the one Nebraskan electoral vote that somehow went Obama’s way. On top of that he will also have to reclaim NH, Iowa, and NM just to squeak in. To be more comfortable PA should also be in his sights. I just don’t see any of the current crop managing it.
@ Iron Fist:
Hell, I’m beginning to wonder if anyone even cares anymore – on either side. I don’t think Democrats are enthused with Obama (far from it), and Republicans seem to be just going through the motions. I once thought it was just paralysis born out of fear of how to oppose The First Black President but that fear has developed into fatalistic apathy. The deeper we sink and the more serious our problems become, the less we seem to be willing to do anything.
It’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.
orangecrush wrote:
The broken primary election process is a very bad joke that’s played on the Electorate every four years. There will be no miracles this November.
@ African Moondog:
I forgot Ohio, he will have to reclaim that state as well.
More of those pesky unintended consequences…..
Boeing Will Lay Off More Than 2,100 Workers At Wichita Plant
Optimus Ebenezer Hughes wrote:
BTW, Wichita is a small city of 127,000. This is huge for them.
@ African Moondog:
@ Optimus Ebenezer Hughes:
I don’t see Romney taking even one of the States that McCain lost. He doesn’t excite the base (to understate it) any more than McCain did. It is possible that Romney could induce Marco Rubio to run as his running mate. That might help him with both the base and hispanics, but short of that I don’t see it. Gingrich connects with much of the base, and he has a fire that Santorum does not. But Gingrich is, is his own ways as flawed as Romney. Obama will be a formidible adversary. Something that the Republican “Elites” don’t want to admit. Simply showing up and sayin g”I’m not Obama!” will not be enough, any more than being not-Bill Clinton was enough in 1996. I very much fear a repeat of 1996 or 2008, with an almost-ran candidate that fails to excite anyone (moderates are, almost by definition, not passionate about politics).
@ Iron Fist:
The “excitement” will be getting rid of obama. Will that be enough? G-D I hope so and at this point don’t want to feel any other way.
@ Nevergiveup:
I hope you are right, but that isn’t what i am getting from the primaries. Romney really is Obama-lite. On all the hot-button issues (gun control, abortion, gay marriage, what have you) Romney was on the Left before he was (nominally) on the Right. He is worse a flip-flopper than John Kerry. I have no doubt that Obama will use that, Bain Capital, and ObamneyCare against him. I think that plus being the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT (not to mention the advantage of incumbancy) will be enough to carry the day for Obama. I hope I am wrong, but that is the way I see it stacking up if Romney gets the nod.
Nevergiveup wrote:
Man, I’m just not seeing it right now. Obama’s polling should be abysmal right now on the basis of the economy alone, but it’s not. I think The First Black President has succeeded in enveloping the country in, what we called in the airline biz, negative panic. We know we’re in a dire predicament, but we’re too paralyzed to take any action. It’s either that or a fatalistic apathy.
People just aren’t reacting in the manner one would expect, given the situation.
@ Optimus Ebenezer Hughes:
I’m not sticking my head in he sand, and alot of what you are saying is true, but there is only so much I can drink and still work, so I gotta believe things will turn out OK. I gotta getup each morning after all
@ Optimus Ebenezer Hughes:
2100 jobs lost actually translates to 8400 total lost jobs. That city is going to go down the tubes really quick.
@ PaladinPhil:
That is a little of the Obamanation™ at work. He is destroying jobs wherever he can. This particular feat was accomplished by cutting the military. They are going to try to gut the military, especially if Obama gets a second term. We’ll be in worse shape than at the end of the Carter years if that happens.
PaladinPhil wrote:
That’s a good point; jobs tend to support and create other jobs. Wichita, like I said, is a small city of some 127,000 people and many may not know that it’s heavily dependent on the aircraft manufacturing business. Not only Boeing, but Cessna is also a major employer. With assaults on “rich, corporate jet owners” and galloping defense cuts, Wichita may well become a Midwestern version of Detroit.
@ Iron Fist:
Obama is not going to take Kansas so I doubt if he will be too worried. However what Naval cut backs is he planning seeing that most Navy contractors are in states he won last time?
Optimus Ebenezer Hughes wrote:
Nah I doubt it. The “People” of Wichita are NOT the “People” of Detroit. Get my meaning?
@ Optimus Ebenezer Hughes:
Detroit is the ultimate example of where Democrat policies leads. The Democrats have ran Detroit since before I was born, and Detroit has been in decline since before I was born. If the Democrats have their way, the Entire Nation will be just like Detroit.
@ Optimus Ebenezer Hughes:
The job rule I was taught oh so many years ago was that for every job in manufacturing there are 3 jobs in the service sector to support it. So the primary effect is once those 2100 jobs are gone, the 6300 service sector jobs supporting them are also gone. Then there is the secondary and tertiary jobs lost on top of that. I have seen this happen on a smaller scale. My old home town lost 3 foundries. I don’t know the exact number of lost jobs, but I saw the effects. A dead downtown core that keeps trying to rework itself as a “boutique” zone, grocery stores closing down, department stores closing down, welfare rolls increasing, young people leaving to greener pastures….
It took at least 5 years for the city to feel the effects of the closing of each foundry.
Nevergiveup wrote:
Yeah, Wichita would just become a ghost town, complete with the tumbleweed. I’ve been to Wichita and I don’t think it would take much encouragement to leave.
Optimus Ebenezer Hughes wrote:
All of Kansas seems that way to me.
Optimus Ebenezer Hughes wrote:
Well that’s not really what I meant. I bet they figure a plan to “save” the town.
@ Nevergiveup:
Onbce the Culture of Dependance on the State is ensconced, a group of people seem to be able to do little to save themselves. We have seen that palyed out to various degrees all ove rthe world. Whether it is Greece or California, they seem unable to cut the fat and starve the parasite class that is killing them.
PaladinPhil wrote:
Precisely. This is why I’ve scratched my head for years when we were sold the “Service Based Economy”. I mean, who the f%&* are we servicing? Manufacturing is the basis for all economies and anyone who says differently is selling snake oil.
Iron Fist wrote:
Maybe, but there are quite a few examples of retired Military Bases being turned over to the local governments and turned into enterprise zones and the such and greatly contributing to the region that was once support by the Military. Have some faith in the real America
hey ya’ll
well, the long knives are SLOWLY being drawn for mittens
Romney Tax Returns Become a Problem
someone was asking about this upthread
Obamas list of historic firsts
• First President to Preside Over a Cut to the Credit Rating of the United States Government
• First President to Violate the War Powers Act
• First President to Orchestrate the Sale of Murder Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels
• First President to issue an unlawful “recess-appointment” while the U.S. Senate remained in session (against the advice of his own Justice Department).
• First President to be Held in Contempt of Court for Illegally Obstructing Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
• First President to Defy a Federal Judge’s Court Order to Cease Implementing the ‘Health Care Reform’ Law
read them all
makes you go “oh yeah, forgot about that one”
@ Optimus Ebenezer Hughes:
Uh, actually, no…
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2012/01/decline-of-manufacturing-is-global.html
@ Nevergiveup:
I wasn’t thinking so much of dependance on the military expendatures as dependance on State Welfare. That is the thing that has destroyed Detroit like an inoperable cancer. The UAW hasn’t helped any, either. Detroit is dying of Leftism, but they show no indications of voting any way but hard Left. A good third of America is right there with them.
Nevergiveup wrote:
Yeah, I’ve been a bit negative this morning, to the point of being Dostoevskian.
On a lighter, self deprecating note, the wife came home after having an atrocious day at the office so I decided to pour her a glass of wine. Whilst removing the cork, I hit myself in the face with the corkscrew and my hand, badly skinning my nose (and damned near breaking it) and suffering a minor black eye.
Anyway, I poured her a generous glass then drank the balance of the bottle myself.
Iron Fist wrote:
Neither was I talking about dependence on miltary spending. I was just trying to make the point that some American Communities are still self reliant and smart and can and do make ago of it on their own. Not so much the inner city ones, but other ones do
Mike C. wrote:
Does it matter to you that most of the Western world is amidst economic chaos and he dares title his piece “Decline of Manufacturing” is Global Phenomenon: And Yet the World Is Much Better Off Because of It”? Sorry. I don’t care how many PHDs he has, it sounds a lot like he’s selling that old snake oil.
@ Mike C.:
In communities without manufacturing, you don’t see much of a service industry.
Unless they rely on tourism or entertainment.
Manufacturing is a direct creation of wealth.
It is not the only method to create wealth but it directly affects national security, along with mining and energy production.